Prada Just Sent Chunky ’90s Highlights Down the Runway—And It Was Heinously Chic

The ’90s have been roaring back into fashion in recent years. But leave it to Miuccia Prada to bring back the decade’s most polarizing trend at her Resort 2019 show: skunky, chunky, heinously chic highlights. “We were inspired by the woman that takes beauty into her [own] hands,” said hairstylist Guido Palau backstage, citing ’90s It girl Chloë Sevigny as one of the designer’s muses when conceiving the look. “We love a girl that dyes her hair too much.”

From American runway rebel Binx Walton to Korean star Sora Choi, the majority of models in the lineup received the colored extensions, scattered haphazardly, with dark brown streaks woven through blonde hair, and white platinum ones through brunette lengths. “Mrs. Prada liked the idea of random placement of color in the hair, it’s not meant to look natural,” stressed Palau of the choppy flourishes.

While the two-toned hair, teamed with artfully smudged liner (inspired by “a girl who looks like she’s done the most impeccable eye makeup, then washed it off,” laughed makeup artist Pat McGrath), served as a subversive twist, the messy, deep side-parting and lived-in texture (molded with Redken Wax Blast 10 for a piece-y effect) was right in keeping with the house’s jolie laide DNA.

Much like the collection itself, which deftly married smart, geometric-print suiting with clashing trapper hats, the beauty was a lesson in grunge-era cool and subversive sophistication—right down to the nail art. Manicures featured contrasting striped tips painted in burgundy, hunter green, flaxen, and beige varnishes (courtesy of Jin Soon Choi) and accented with the Italian fashion house’s iconic logo. And while fans may have to wait for the clothes to hit stores next fall, come tomorrow, they’re sure to be painting their fingertips Prada.